DIY:Borrow a suit jacket from brother or find one at a thrift store and coordinate it with a skirt and boots. Wrap a hoola hoop with ribbon and secure every 5” with hot glue. Add Grandpa’s top hat for the finishing touch.

DIY: Draw claws with a sharpie on mittens that coordinate with a solid colored pajama set. For the mane, cut ribbon in 4” strips and hot glue ends (to make loops) to a brown beanie. Cover the beanie completely with ribbon loops.

DIY: Borrow a dance unitard or find one at a thrift store. Pair it with striped tights. Draw on a mustache with eyeliner. Wrap dad’s black belt around the waist. Buy an inexpensive black pair of black gloves at Target or Walmart and cut off the fingers.

Barbell:

Use acrylic paint to draw a red star on two 12-inch Styrofoam balls ($21 each; shapeinnovation.com). Paint the rest of the balls silver and let dry. With finger, smear glue over the star and generously sprinkle red glitter on it. Once dry, shake the excess glitter off.

DIY: Dress in a black shorts and shirt, donned with an Asian design, made from felt shapes and hot glue to a shirt. With a black Sharpie, draw a crisscross pattern with three of sister’s white knee-high socks. Pull one pair up to the knees. With the third sock, cut off the foot part and make a thumbhole. Pull two gray wrist sweatbands over the elbows. The sweatband will help hold the sock on the arm in place. Complete the costume with a pair of black boots or sneakers.

DIY: Cut out eyes, nose and ears out of felt and hot-glue to the hood of a gray jacket. For added decoration, hot-glue a button on top of the felt for the eyes. Hot-glue 3 claws cut out of felt and hot glue onto the jacket’s cuffs. For the tail, hot-glue or sew a 1’ brown boa onto the bottom back of the jacket. Add pants, shirt and shoes from your closet.

DIY: Pull a pair of dark pants, gray shirt and black jacket from your closet or thrift store. Cut wings out of a poster board or foam board and glue on black feathers. Place the wings to child. Where the shoulders are, punch two holes about 6” apart from each other vertically. String elastic through for the arms to go through. Securely knot the elastic in the back of the board.

DIY: Dress in a black leotard and black skirt. Wrap a black boa around a large black pipe cleaner (both found at craft stores) and wrap it around waist. Draw whiskers with eyeliner. Hot-glue black triangles on a cloth headband for the ears. Pair with white tights and black shoes.

DIY: Hot-glue white feathers onto a white tutu and mix it with a white leotard with ballerina slippers. Cut wings out of a poster board or foam board and glue on white feathers. Place the wings to child. Where the shoulders are, punch two holes about 6” apart from each other vertically. String elastic through for the arms to go through. Securely knot the elastic in the back of the board.